--- daemons/runsystem.sh.orig	2001-12-20 18:29:33.000000000 +0100
+++ daemons/runsystem.sh	2005-06-18 01:05:30.398035896 +0200
@@ -127,10 +127,24 @@
     trap "kill -$sig \${runttys_pid}" $sig
   done
 
+  # Touch the first tty so that the Hurd console is certain to pick it
+  # and not some random other tty.
+  touch /dev/tty1
+
   # This program reads /etc/ttys and starts the programs it says to.
   ${RUNTTYS} &
   runttys_pid=$!
 
+  # Startup the Hurd console if configured.
+  if [ -e /etc/default/hurd-console ]; then
+    unset DISPLAY KBD KBD_REPEAT MOUSE MOUSE_REPEAT SPEAKER
+    . /etc/default/hurd-console
+  fi
+  if [ "$ENABLE" = "true" ]; then
+    console ${DISPLAY} ${KBD} ${KBD_REPEAT} \
+            ${SPEAKER} ${MOUSE} ${MOUSE_REPEAT} -c /dev/vcs
+  fi
+
   # Wait for runttys to die, meanwhile handling trapped signals.
   wait